Example sentences of "that she [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was on the rebound from Higginbotham that she took up with the first boy that she came near to liking . |
| 2 | It is a low repetitive moan that she keeps up for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 3 | She hesitated over several , dark , rather unobtrusive garments in one corner , thinking that they looked harmless until two creeping , fog-like hands reached for her and an evil chuckle filled the room , so that she shot back to the room 's centre out of their reach . |
| 4 | She was all but out of the door on her way to Oxford Street when , incredibly , she found herself shaking , so much so that she went back into the tiny bedroom and lay down . |
| 5 | ‘ Dammit to hell , ’ he cursed , letting her go abruptly so that she fell back on the bed in an untidy heap . |
| 6 | She could feel the moment when he decided to thrust her away from him , abruptly stepping back , the shock of their coming apart striking as swift as a blow , stunning her , so that she fell back against the parapet , her lips swollen by the passion of his taking , a soft anguished breath escaping from between them . |
| 7 | No-one cared that she jacked in to the lock on the tutor 's door , feeling around mentally to jig it open . |
| 8 | Wendy was so furious at the demand by the bank , whose motto is ‘ We are here to make life easier ’ , that she stormed out of the branch in Eastwood , Notts . |
| 9 | The discreet feelers that she put out during the drive back to Anduze met with monosyllabic replies that indicated , firmly but politely , that the matter was no concern of hers . |
| 10 | Her legs took the decision from her , buckling so quickly that she stumbled back to the bed . |
| 11 | When the telephone rang Leonora got up listlessly , so certain it would be one of Elise 's friends that she slid down on the floor in a heap , heart thumping , at the sound of Penry 's voice . |
| 12 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 13 | This means that she jumped out of the aircraft by herself and her parachute opened automatically seconds later . |